Happy New Year!!! “Strength shows not only in the ability to persist, but the ability to start over." ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

And persist we have certainly had to do this past year. As we step into this new year, my hope and prayers are that we all enjoy happiness, success, and abundance going forward. I pray that all had a very blessed and Merry Christmas. I also want to send a HUGE shout out to everyone that helped with the Kid’s Drive-Thru Christmas Party. We could not have done it without all the great volunteers that come together to make our events such a success. You all are awe-some!! January will be another busy month with some of our monthly events back on the calendar after the holidays, so please check out the calendar for these tasty upcoming events. Your support is always much ap-preciated. Continued on page 2

Auxiliary News Commander’s Comments

Post 593 Officers:

Commander: Paul Goymerac

1st Vice: Dennis Ducharme

2nd Vice: Joe Falco

Adjutant: Nick Mills

Finance: Ray Barger

Chaplain: Ed Richards

Judge Advocate: Danny Muth

Historian: Kelly Osvold

Service Officer: Mike Potter

Sgt At Arms: Brandon Riggs

Hubmaster: Dennis Ducharme

Members at Large: Jimmy May, Art

Osvold, Ken Rodd,

Daniel Riggs,

Auxiliary Officers:

President: Sandy Vinson

Vice President: Robin Alva

Secretary: Amanda Silvas

Treasurer: Sue Buckley

Historian: Vacant

Chaplain: Irma Ducharme

Sgt At Arms: Tammi Cox

Members at Large:

Donna Grimmer, Catherine McDonald,

Guadalupe Smith

Sons of the American Legion:

Commander: Joe Falco

1st Vice: Bill Cox

2nd Vice: Dave Paris

Adjutant: George Alva

Membership Chair: Rick Moe

Finance: Mike Potter

Chaplain: Dennis Ducharme

Historian: George Alva

Sgt At Arms: Henry Creech

Judge Advocate: Dennis Ducharme

Members At Large:

Rick Moe, Ken Rodd

ALR Officers:

Director: Paula Johnson

Asst Director: Greg Spatz

Secretary: Becky Spatz

Treasurer: Robin Alva

Road Captain: Sean Lowder

Membership: Deb Pierce

Sgt At Arms: Robert Hendricks

Chaplain: Robert Comas

Service Officer: Daniel Riggs

Historian: Alice Wagener

Members at Large:

Bubba Elrod, Jay McCall, Matt Scott

Hours of Operation

Monday--CLOSED

Tue-Thurs: 3pm—9pm

Friday: 3pm — 11 pm

Saturday: Noon — 11 pm

Sunday: Noon — 6pm (Hours may vary due to business)

William M. Randolph, Post 593

The American Legion Of The United States of America

326 Legion Drive West, Converse, TX 78109

(210) 658-1111

Email: Post593tx@yahoo.com http://www.Post593.org

Post Commander: Paul Goymerac

Post Home Manager: Traci Permenter

January 2021

Circulation: 1000 (printed and digital)

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RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

2020 has been a very challeng-

ing year for most everyone but

we are optimistic about 2021.

Let’s do a quick review of 2020:

we lost a few friends to sick-

ness and health; Covid19 en-

tered the scene early in 2020 and made our

Post Canteen close 3 different times; we re-

modeled the hall but still cannot showcase

the hard work great results like we so desire;

conducted two Buddy Checks (third one com-

ing in January 2021); had 100% membership

for all 4 Divisions; continued with our Scout-

ing Programs but had to be unique due to

Covid19 safe distancing; still conducted Roll-

ing Run; and we took care of all our hired

employees (still doing that to date). Here’s

what can look forward to in 2021: District/

Division/Department Oratorical Champion

from Post 593, re-open the Canteen for good,

have food options available during business

hours, conduct a spring CASI Cookoff

(January cancelled), conduct Rolling Run in

March, host the 2021 Legacy Ride,

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Converse, Texas

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Howdy SAL and Post 593. Welcome to 2021! Let’s all keep optimistic for a bertter year.

Membership is still in the forefront. Keep in mind, our dues went up on October 1st to $25 annually. Please don’t let deter you from renewing or joining our great Squadron. We are very active in the Legion and Community and your participation will always be Appreciated. Now that we’re in calendar year 2021, the time to meet or exceed our goals gets compressed. Please renew or join us TODAY. We are bringing our monthly Chicken Fried Steak back beginning this month. Friday, Jan 8, 6-8PM. Always a great meal. Due to current circumstances, we’ll be advising to get orders to-go. How-ever, there will be limited seating in the Hall. Keep in mind, that may also change based on the Legion General Membership meet-ing vote about obtaining our Food and Beverage License and re-opening the canteen. Keep an eye on our Facebook and Website for current updates. Be safe and be well, Joe Falco Squadron 593 Commander

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swear in a new Post Commander, and continue our Veter-ans Helping Veterans program in the community. But most of all, we can look forward to being Covid19-free before the end of the year. It would be great to have Audie Murphy In-patient Veterans attend our Chicken Fried Steak nights again. Oh yea…Saturday breakfast, monthly Chicken Fried Steak, and Steak Night will be held monthly beginning in January. Please mark your calen-dars.

To those who helped support our Post during 2020, hats

off to each of you. We are probably one of the most resil-

ient posts out there and that’s because of you. Keep it up

and thank you. God Bless to a grateful new year.

Paul (Gomer) Goymerac

Post Commander

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The CASI Chili Cook-Off this January is being postponed until a later date this year. We will keep all updated on the new plans once they are finalized and those silent auction donations are needed. Last but not least, please remember to pay your member-ship dues. If they are not paid by January 31st, you will lose your “years”. When we reopen, the bartenders will be asking to see everyone’s membership cards after January 1st. Wishing you lots of love, joy, and happiness, Sandy Vinson ALA President Unit 593 Aux593info@gmail.com

Dear Post Family, I am asking for you to pray for compassion and healing for all of our friends and families from all sickness. I am ask-ing for prayers for our country. It seems we take a step backward for every step forward. We are warriors and have preserved the peace by working together, so, I ask that you pray for patience, tolerance, and healing for our great nation. We should also pray for an end to this pan-demic and comfort for all those affected by this disease. Appreciate and love your families every day. I am thankful to our very active Post Family members who are always serving our needs and those of our community.

Ed Richards Chaplain Post 593

Aluminum Can Recycling program ends

Due to low returns on effort, and the lack of volunteers to run the program, we are discontinuing the Aluminum Can Recycling program. Please refrain from throwing bags of cans in the trailer. Please make use of your local recycling programs instead. Thank you

As of the publication date of this newsletter and calendar, the Canteen is CLOSED. All meal events listed are subject to change based on government updates. Please watch our social media outlets for possible additional events and changes that are not listed here, or which happen throughout the month. Due to rising costs, and additional costs we’ve in-curred due to Covid19 requirements/losses, the prices for all Canteen served items will by raised by .25 per item starting in January, or when we re-

open.

Thank you, Traci Permenter Post Home Manager

The American Legion National Headquarters

We've created a platform on www.legion.org dedicated to the #coronavirus that includes the most recent information from National Headquarters on how the coronavirus is affect-ing meetings, programs and activities, as well as daily messages from American Legion National Commander Bill Oxford.

Check it out at https://www.legion.org/coronavirus.

And don't forget the CDC also has critical info on the virus, including how to protect yourself and what to do if you feel sick. It's at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html.

Riders Report

Out with the Old and in with the New. May the new year bless you with health, wealth and happiness.

2021 has begun. What a year 2020 has been! Our legion family and ALR have done such a great job at keeping things going. I couldn’t be prouder of my ALR brothers and sisters. My heart swells with pride

in what our members have sacrificed and given. This past year proves how resilient and flexible we can be. We man-aged some significant firsts in 2020. I cannot and will not make any promises that 2021 is going to be our best year yet. I am not going to assume there will not be hurdles to jump and divides to conquer. I can promise that together, we can achieve anything that is thrown our way. Please come to the meetings. If the post is closed, gear up and bundle up if needed to meet under the pavilion. We have things to plan. March Rolling Run will happen. We have proven that we can improvise a great event. I expect the March Rolling Run to be exceptional. We will be co-hosting and helping with the benefit for the Lowe family. Please reach out to me or Paul if you want to help. The benefit will be at Shultz Saloon in Seguin on January 23 with the ride starting around 11 am. If you would like to volunteer to help with the Rolling Run, Greg will be the man to see. Never before has ‘Semper Gumby’ been more appropriate. So, stay flexible riders!

Reach our to your members at large if you need assistance or if you know of someone else that does. We are all in this together. Support one another. Help one another. Be kind but stand firm.

If you need to reach out to me, my cell phone is 210-347-2056 and email pjcountry_99@yahoo.com. If you are not get-ting emails, let me know. Watch our facebook group page for updates on rides and functions.

Sincerely,

Bubbles ALR593 Director

First, I want to thank everyone who donated towards the Holiday baskets. Your generosity was truly over-whelming. Your gracious donations enabled us to brighten the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday for many

Legion families and families within our community. Again, thanks for your generous response for assistance.

Secondly, with current COVID restrictions and in these times of social distancing and isolation, cabin-fever and lack of social interaction coupled with the Holiday season can lead to depression for many. Please stay in

touch with your family, friends and neighbors--something as simple as a phone call can make a difference.

If you are experiencing depression, please reach out whether through family, friends or professional help. Ad-ditionally, if you are a Veteran or loved one of a Veteran you can call the Veteran’s Crisis Hotline at 1-800-273-8255 for assistance. To say the least this has been a difficult year for our Legion, but thanks to our great membership who did so much behind the scenes we have survived. I have great confidence we will come back stronger than ever in the

upcoming year.

Debbie and I wish everyone a prosperous New Year.

I Love my Legion,

Michael Potter